1939 Season

1938 / 1940

Tom Wilson (President)
Ed Bolden (Vice President)
Eddie Gottlieb (Recording Secretary)
Cumberland Posey (Corresponding Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Team	RBI
1	Josh Gibson	EAS/HG	52
2	Buck Leonard	EAS/HG	52
3	Willard Brown	KCM	46
4	Turkey Stearnes	KCM/WES	45
5	Mule Suttles	MULT	45
6	Wild Bill Wright	MULT	34
7	Ed Stone	EAS/NE	34
8	Ted Strong	KCM/WES	34
9	Fred Wilson	NE/PS	33
10	Bill Hoskins	BEG/NOS	30

Strikeouts

#	Player	Team	SO
1	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	106
2	Leon Day	EAS/NE	73
3	Frank Bradley	KCM	65
4	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	65
5	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	63
6	George Walker	KCM	62
7	Preacher Henry	CBR	54
8	Roy Partlow	EAS/HG	51
9	Henry McHenry	PS	51
10	Jimmy Hill	NE	50

Advanced Pitching

League:

Role:

Throws:

All

Qualified:

All

Yes

Teams

#	Team	Lg	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Kansas City Monarchs	ALC/NAL	491.1	1.24	17.2%	7.4%	2.34	0.5%
2	Philadelphia Stars	NLP/NN2	431.1	1.51	11.3%	8.7%	1.31	2.1%
3	Newark Eagles	NLP/NN2	379.1	1.46	12.2%	10.6%	1.15	1.1%
4	Homestead Grays	MULT	376.2	1.31	11.7%	8.2%	1.42	1.2%
5	Chicago American Giants	NAL	376.1	1.42	11.8%	8.5%	1.38	0.8%
6	Baltimore Elite Giants	MULT	338.0	1.42	11.4%	7.1%	1.60	1.4%
7	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	298.1	1.30	13.5%	5.0%	2.68	1.1%
8	St. Louis Stars	ALC/NAL	279.0	1.30	12.1%	8.1%	1.49	0.4%
9	New York Black Yankees	NN2	272.2	1.48	10.6%	6.5%	1.63	2.4%
10	Cleveland Bears	NAL	240.0	1.33	10.2%	9.9%	1.03	0.8%
11	Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	179.0	1.77	10.4%	10.0%	1.03	1.0%
12	Toledo Crawfords	NAL/NN2	174.1	1.51	11.3%	9.1%	1.23	0.6%
13	New York Cubans	NN2	172.1	1.54	12.9%	8.8%	1.46	1.8%
14	East All Stars	EWA	17.0	1.35	14.1%	11.3%	1.25	2.8%
15	West All Stars	EWA	17.0	1.47	11.8%	11.8%	1.00	0.0%
16	North All Stars	NSA	9.0	0.89	5.6%	5.6%	1.00	0.0%
17	South All Stars	NSA	9.0	2.33	12.2%	4.1%	3.00	2.0%
	17	7	4060.2	1.41	12.3%	8.2%	1.49	1.2%

Players

#	Player	Team	Role	IP	WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Bill Byrd	BEG/EAS	SP	131.2	1.33	11.8%	4.2%	2.83	1.4%
2	Leon Day	EAS/NE	SP	126.0	1.38	13.4%	10.3%	1.30	1.7%
3	Hilton Smith	KCM/WES	RP	125.0	0.98	21.4%	4.6%	4.61	0.2%
4	Henry McHenry	PS	RP	110.2	1.32	10.8%	8.7%	1.24	2.5%
5	Preacher Henry	CBR	SP	108.0	1.32	11.8%	12.9%	0.92	0.2%
6	Willie Cornelius	CAG	SP	100.1	1.27	10.9%	6.5%	1.68	0.5%
7	Roy Partlow*	EAS/HG	SP	92.0	1.02	14.0%	7.7%	1.82	0.8%
8	George Walker	KCM	RP	89.2	1.07	17.3%	5.6%	3.10	1.1%
9	Frank Bradley	KCM	RP	88.2	1.18	17.9%	6.9%	2.60	0.3%
10	Edsall Walker*	HG	SP	85.0	1.36	12.8%	8.8%	1.45	1.3%
11	Ted Radcliffe	MRS/WES	RP	83.2	1.08	18.3%	3.8%	4.85	0.6%
12	Lefty Calhoun*	SL3	RP	80.0	1.18	10.5%	7.5%	1.40	0.3%
13	Theolic Smith	SL3/WES	SP	80.0	1.39	11.7%	6.9%	1.71	0.3%
14	Silvino Ruíz	NYC	SP	78.1	1.39	9.5%	8.3%	1.14	2.1%
15	Jonas Gaines*	BEG/NOS	SP	78.0	1.31	9.9%	8.4%	1.18	0.6%
16	Jesse Houston	CAG	SP	77.1	1.50	10.7%	11.0%	0.97	0.9%
17	Neck Stanley*	NBY	SP	75.0	1.53	13.9%	7.6%	1.84	1.5%
18	Jimmy Hill*	NE	SP	73.2	1.33	16.1%	11.6%	1.39	1.0%
19	Ray Brown	HG	SP	73.0	1.29	7.7%	5.5%	1.41	0.3%
20	Terris McDuffie	MULT	RP	69.1	1.36	12.2%	6.7%	1.81	1.9%
21	Smoky Owens	CBR/WES	SP	67.2	1.12	7.5%	7.1%	1.05	0.8%
22	Jim Missouri*	PS	RP	67.0	1.42	10.5%	9.2%	1.14	2.6%
23	Floyd Kranson	KCM	RP	64.2	1.47	11.3%	9.5%	1.19	0.7%
24	Roy Welmaker*	HG/PS	RP	64.2	1.65	14.9%	9.2%	1.61	1.3%
25	Frank McAllister	SL3	SP	64.1	1.41	13.0%	8.5%	1.54	1.1%
26	Willie Hubert	BEG/NE	RP	63.1	1.18	10.6%	11.0%	0.97	0.8%
27	Tommy Johnson	CAG	RP	63.0	1.46	8.3%	8.3%	1.00	1.1%
28	Bill Holland	EAS/NBY	RP	62.2	1.52	7.4%	4.6%	1.62	2.8%
29	Jimmy Johnson*	TC/WES	SP	62.1	1.24	16.2%	9.0%	1.79	0.0%
30	Eddie Dixon	IAB	RP	61.1	1.48	10.7%	7.8%	1.38	1.1%
31	Sam Thompson	PS	RP	59.1	1.65	11.2%	9.3%	1.20	2.6%
32	Specs Roberts	HG	SP	56.0	1.41	11.8%	9.7%	1.22	3.8%
33	Max Manning	NE	SP	52.2	1.71	10.3%	9.9%	1.04	0.4%
34	Tom Parker	HG	SP	49.2	1.57	13.8%	10.7%	1.29	1.3%
35	Bill Harvey*	BEG/TC	RP	47.1	1.42	9.8%	9.3%	1.05	0.0%
36	Ted Trent	CAG	RP	47.1	1.42	12.2%	3.9%	3.13	1.0%
37	Luis Tiant*	NYC	SP	46.0	1.37	20.9%	7.5%	2.80	1.0%
38	Roosevelt Davis	MRS/SAS	SP	45.2	1.18	12.8%	2.6%	5.00	1.0%
39	James Brown	NE	RP	45.0	1.29	11.1%	11.6%	0.96	1.0%
40	Lefty Bowe*	CAG	RP	44.2	1.30	22.6%	11.1%	2.05	0.5%
41	Webster McDonald	PS	RP	44.0	1.45	8.4%	6.4%	1.31	0.5%
42	Spoon Carter	PS/TC	SP	43.2	1.72	11.7%	11.2%	1.04	2.4%
43	Roy K. Williams	NBY	SP	41.0	1.24	11.2%	5.6%	2.00	2.8%
44	Johnny Wright	MULT	RP	39.2	1.49	8.8%	6.1%	1.45	0.6%
45	Felix Evans	IAB	RP	39.0	1.36	11.1%	9.4%	1.18	0.6%
46	Lefty Wilson*	MRS	SP	38.1	1.28	14.3%	4.8%	3.00	0.0%
47	Eugene Bremer	MRS	SP	37.1	1.23	8.2%	7.6%	1.08	0.6%
48	Andy Cooper*	KCM	SP	36.2	1.04	23.4%	4.8%	4.86	0.0%
49	Willie Hutchinson	KCM	RP	36.1	1.46	13.5%	9.2%	1.47	0.6%
50	Henry Miller	PS	RP	36.0	1.36	13.1%	7.5%	1.75	1.3%
51	Willie Jefferson	MRS	SP	35.0	1.17	9.1%	3.2%	2.80	1.9%
52	Rocky Ellis	PS	RP	33.0	1.76	8.8%	6.3%	1.40	3.1%
53	Tee Mitchell	IAB	SP	33.0	1.70	7.3%	9.8%	0.75	1.2%
54	Porter Moss	MRS	SP	32.0	1.84	14.4%	8.1%	1.77	1.9%
55	Emery Adams	BEG	RP	30.2	1.63	9.4%	10.1%	0.93	4.3%
56	Bob Evans	NE	RP	30.2	1.70	7.7%	11.3%	0.69	1.4%
57	Tom Glover*	BEG	SP	30.2	1.53	18.4%	5.1%	3.57	0.0%
58	Armando Torres	NYC	RP	30.0	1.77	12.3%	12.3%	1.00	0.7%
59	Big Train Jackson*	KCM	RP	27.1	1.90	13.3%	11.1%	1.20	0.7%
60	Robert Dean	SL3	SP	24.2	1.18	17.1%	11.4%	1.50	0.0%
61	Red Howard*	CBR	RP	24.0	1.33	11.0%	7.0%	1.57	4.0%
62	Willie Ferrell*	CBR/HG	SP	22.2	1.41	9.2%	9.2%	1.00	0.0%
63	Lefty Moses*	KCM	RP	22.2	1.99	13.1%	15.9%	0.82	0.0%
64	Clifford Brown^	SL3	RP	22.0	1.05	14.1%	6.5%	2.17	0.0%
65	Percy Forrest	CAG/MRS	SP	20.0	1.20	10.7%	9.5%	1.13	1.2%
66	Alonzo Mitchell	CBR	RP	19.0	1.47	9.9%	8.6%	1.14	0.0%
67	Barney Brown*	NBY	SP	18.1	1.42	7.6%	6.3%	1.20	2.5%
68	Harry Cozart	NE	RP	18.1	1.85	6.7%	12.2%	0.55	1.1%
69	Cliff Blackmon	IAB/MRS	SP	18.0	2.33	9.0%	8.0%	1.13	2.0%
70	Harry Kincannon	TC	SP	14.1	2.23	9.0%	6.4%	1.40	2.6%
71	Henry Williams	CAG	RP	14.1	1.47	8.8%	13.2%	0.67	1.5%
72	Connie Rector	NYC	RP	14.0	2.07	10.1%	8.7%	1.17	0.0%
73	Guy Smith^	IAB	SP	14.0	1.79	15.1%	12.3%	1.22	1.4%
74	Rogers Pierre	CAG	RP	10.2	1.50	10.4%	8.3%	1.25	2.1%
75	Jim Willis	BEG	RP	10.0	2.20	6.0%	6.0%	1.00	2.0%
76	Bernard Fernández	CBR	SP	9.0	1.44	10.0%	7.5%	1.33	0.0%
77	Lefty Richburg*	IAB	SP	9.0	2.22	11.5%	7.7%	1.50	0.0%
78	Fred Wilson	NE	SP	9.0	2.00	13.9%	8.3%	1.67	0.0%
79	Claude Hayslett	IAB	SP	8.1	2.40	10.6%	10.6%	1.00	0.0%
80	Purnell Mincy*	PS	RP	7.2	1.83	7.3%	12.2%	0.60	2.4%
81	Jesse Brown*	NBY	RP	7.1	1.23	10.0%	13.3%	0.75	0.0%
82	Eggie Hensley	CAG	SP	6.1	2.53	14.3%	8.6%	1.67	0.0%
83	Telosh Howard	IAB	RP	6.1	3.32	9.3%	14.0%	0.67	2.3%
84	Johnny Johnson	BEG	RP	6.1	2.68	11.1%	19.4%	0.57	2.8%
85	Alonzo Boone	CBR	RP	6.0	1.50	11.5%	11.5%	1.00	0.0%
86	Andy Drake	SL3	RP	5.2	1.06	4.3%	8.7%	0.50	0.0%
87	Johnny Taylor	TC	RP	5.2	1.59	3.8%	7.7%	0.50	0.0%
88	Robert Poinsette^	NBY/TC	RP	5.1	3.94	0.0%	16.7%	0.00	8.3%
89	Walsh^	MRS	SP	5.1	1.69	29.2%	4.2%	7.00	0.0%
90	Lloyd Davenport*	MRS	RP	4.2	0.86	5.6%	11.1%	0.50	0.0%
91	Eugene Smith	SL3	SP	4.1	1.85	9.1%	18.2%	0.50	0.0%
92	Rodolfo Fernández	NYC	RP	4.0	3.00	4.2%	8.3%	0.50	16.7%
93	Elbert Treadway^	KCM	SP	4.0	1.25	12.5%	12.5%	1.00	0.0%
94	Donald Reeves*	IAB	RP	3.1	4.80	3.6%	21.4%	0.17	3.6%
95	Ted Alexander	NE	RP	2.2	0.75	20.0%	0.0%		0.0%
96	Vernon Harrison*	NE	RP	2.2	1.13	18.2%	27.3%	0.67	0.0%
97	Blanch Moody	SAS	SP	2.1	5.14	5.3%	5.3%	1.00	5.3%
98	Willie Hudson*	KCM	RP	2.0	1.00	25.0%	0.0%		0.0%
99	Lefty Phillips*	BEG	RP	2.0	5.50	27.8%	16.7%	1.67	0.0%
100	Jabbo Andrews*	IAB	RP	1.2	2.40	11.1%	33.3%	0.33	0.0%
101	Andy Sarvis	CBR	RP	1.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
102	George Scales	NBY	RP	1.1	3.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%
103	Willie Simms	CAG	RP	1.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%
104	Jimmie Armstead*	SL3	RP	1.0	6.00	0.0%	20.0%	0.00	0.0%
105	Elbert Eatmon^	MRS	RP	1.0	6.00	11.1%	33.3%	0.33	0.0%
106	Andrews^	CBR	SP	0.2	10.50	0.0%	11.1%	0.00	11.1%
107	Satchel Davis	CBR	SP	0.2	10.50	0.0%	11.1%	0.00	0.0%
108	Charlie Beverly*	KCM	RP	0.1	6.00	0.0%	33.3%	0.00	0.0%
109	Goose Curry	NBY	RP	0.1	18.00	0.0%	12.5%	0.00	0.0%
110	Woody Williams*	BEG	RP	0.1	3.00	0.0%	0.0%		0.0%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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